Happy New year and Good Winds everybody. Ok I need advice they say my wind is typically 10-20 knots daily. I weigh 185lbs I have a mad sick deal on a Naish...
TeamSobaco@...
Jan 1, 2001 8:29 pm
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Sorry - can't add anything on hanacrew or litewave boards (only advice is don't get a mini-mal with footstraps added onto it!) I'm now getting a proper...
ebeard@...
Jan 2, 2001 4:07 am
924
Hi, does anyone have any opinions on the Lightwave wake-n-style boards for beginners? The advertising implies that they would be great boards for beginners...
Jon Sykes
Jon.Sykes@...
Jan 2, 2001 1:41 pm
925
Hi Jon, There is only one way to know and that is to blag a go on a twin tip style board. At the beginner stage, you need more kite AND board control to use a...
martyn gilson
martyngilson@...
Jan 2, 2001 2:46 pm
926
Jon, I personally started on a directional board. However, I have taught people how to kite surf using a 169cm Litewave Wake-N-Style. The Wake-N-Style is ...
Farnsworth, Kenny
kenny@...
Jan 2, 2001 4:50 pm
927
Martyn, Did you try a twin tip with wakeboard bindings or did it have foot straps? The great thing about the Wake-N-Style is that you can start out with foot ...
Farnsworth, Kenny
kenny@...
Jan 2, 2001 5:04 pm
928
Hi Kenny, I tried the twin tip with footstraps. I got going on it a couple of times but I think people at your standard quickly forget about the transition...
martyn gilson
martyngilson@...
Jan 2, 2001 5:49 pm
929
Martyn, You are right about the technique for using a twin tip. It is a different technique, but I doubt that it is really much more difficult, just ...
Farnsworth, Kenny
kenny@...
Jan 2, 2001 6:24 pm
930
Hi Kenny, I tried the twin tip with footstraps. I got going on it a couple of times but I think people at your standard quickly forget about the transition...
martyn gilson
martyngilson@...
Jan 2, 2001 7:39 pm
931
Hi Kenny, I tried the twin tip with footstraps. I got going on it a couple of times but I think people at your standard quickly forget about the transition...
martyn gilson
martyngilson@...
Jan 2, 2001 7:39 pm
932
How does one unsubscribe? Thanks Jacqui Mountjoy www.windsongkites.co.za kites@......
Windsong Kites
kites@...
Jan 2, 2001 7:50 pm
933
I went out kiteskiing and attempt to tow my kids (one at a time) behind me with a rope attached to my harness and they hold a bar at their end (similar to...
Hung Vu
hungvu@...
Jan 3, 2001 11:41 pm
934
Hey there, My friend Curtis was pulling his girlfriend around on a sled this weekend. I even got in the sled myself for one ride. We must have had almost 400...
Mark Frasier
brockus@...
Jan 3, 2001 11:49 pm
935
... Sounds like I can tow my whole family (wife and 3 kids; total less than 300 lbs :) behind me on their skis. I just have to figure out the safest "towing...
Hung Vu
hungvu@...
Jan 4, 2001 1:13 am
936
FWIW, I completely agree with you Kenny. I never bother to learn to jibe directional either, and the Wake-n-style was my salvation. I got it after I was...
Dave Raue
theraves@...
Jan 4, 2001 3:30 am
937
Hi Dave, That is my intention too. I won't waste too much time learning to gybe a directional and I hope that I once I move on to a twin tip I won't use my...
martyn gilson
martyngilson@...
Jan 4, 2001 12:03 pm
938
Good morning all, Hope your new Year was a safe one. We finally have snow here in Connecticut. Be safe on the ice. It's quite hard. Here's a tip. If your...
Remtgnow@...
Jan 4, 2001 2:41 pm
939
I thought some of you would appreciate the information on the new ARX. Sorry, but you will have to read through my email to have the response make sense. MY...
ryansurf1@...
Jan 4, 2001 9:55 pm
940
Hi Martyn, ... I really don't know. I was already an experienced kite flier before taking up kitesurfing and I was learning before there was anybody around to...
Dave Raue
theraves@...
Jan 5, 2001 2:32 am
941
Dave, Coming from a windsurfing back ground I have seen far too many windsurfers start on equipment which they are not ready for yet! The result is people in ...
Rhys Gilson
rhys.gilson@...
Jan 5, 2001 9:16 am
942
Thanks for all your advice guys.... I never expected such a response.... it looks as though I should find myself a cheap directional for the spring, and order...
Jon Sykes
Jon.Sykes@...
Jan 5, 2001 10:08 am
943
I was just trying to see any news at www.kiteskiworld.com and found that the site is no longer operating. I am not sure whether this is just a temporary issue...
Hung Vu
hungvu@...
Jan 5, 2001 2:43 pm
944
Dave, You are ahead of me. I am still using the foot straps. The biggest reason why is that the water is only a couple feet deep at my favorite lake. It took...
Farnsworth, Kenny
kenny@...
Jan 5, 2001 3:45 pm
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In a message dated 1/4/01 1:58:12 PM Pacific Standard Time, ryansurf1@... writes: << I imagine it would be hard to get just about any kite out of the water...
kiteboard@...
Jan 5, 2001 9:17 pm
946
Hi, I'm Rodrigo from Buenos Aires, Argentina. I'm a begginer who fooled around last season with an F-One ATK and had a very hard time. I have the standard...
Rodrigo Herrera Vegas
herrerav@...
Jan 7, 2001 1:27 am
947
Hey, what are the Bic directionals like? I am tossing up between one of them and a Stonker, but the major issue is price - the Bic is about half the price of a...
Jeremy Buzzard
jeremybuzzard@...
Jan 7, 2001 12:56 pm
948
I just got back from 9 great kitesurfing days at La Ventana, Baja. At last, I have learned to stay upwind. Here are some tips that might help others. 1. Sail...
Chris Glazier
cglazier@...
Jan 8, 2001 3:57 pm
949
I'll be in Porto Pollo, Sardinia, from mid june to mid of july. I'll stay on isola dei gabianni. Can someone give me information about the spots and the wind...
B. Wassmer
wassmer@...
Jan 9, 2001 5:26 pm
950
I have two kites forsale a 9.5 and an 13.5.The 13.5 has 2 permanent repairs one on the leading edge and the other on an outer bladder housing.The 9.5 has a one...
Robi Ryals
tamiandrobi@...
Jan 10, 2001 12:06 am
951
Hy Bruno I've been there last year , but I didn't kitesurf yet. On isola dei gabbiani you will find out the "Paolo Silvestri windsurfing center". They teach...
